Renee Slegers has been appointed as Arsenal’s head coach on a everlasting foundation after a powerful interval as interim head coach.

Slegers, who has signed a one-and-a-half-year contract, took interim cost of the Gunners after Jonas Eidevall’s departure in October, following a poor begin to the Ladies’s Tremendous League marketing campaign.

Nevertheless, Arsenal at the moment are again within the title hunt as they sit third within the WSL desk, six factors behind Chelsea after Slegers oversaw an unbeaten begin within the competitors, profitable 5 and drawing certainly one of her six video games earlier than the winter break. In that point, Arsenal scored 16 targets and conceded simply as soon as.

In all competitions, Slegers remains to be but to lose (W10 D1) as she boasts a 90.91%-win price. She has additionally guided Arsenal into the quarter-finals of the Champions League as group winners after 5 consecutive victories.

“I’m so excited to be persevering with our journey collectively,” mentioned Slegers.

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“It’s a beautiful honour to signify this membership as head coach and I’ve a lot perception in what we will all obtain collectively.

“Over the previous few months, I’ve felt such a robust sense of collective possession and accountability throughout our gamers and workers – that has been our energy and I do know we are going to ensure we drive and nurture this sense as all of us transfer ahead.

“It has meant the world to me to really feel the closeness and fervour of our supporters throughout this course of, and I need to thanks all for that.

“We need to ship one thing lovely that’s inspiring and results in profitable trophies. All of us have an enormous half to play in reaching that.”

Slegers’ first sport as Arsenal’s everlasting head coach will come towards Crystal Palace within the WSL on Sunday.